diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e7b290e90..6f6d5fa70 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: mkdir -p /tmp/workspace/bin
       - run: mkdir -p /tmp/workspace/profiles
       - checkout
-      - restore_cache:
-          keys:
-            - v3-pkg-cache
       - run:
           name: tools
           command: |
@@ -42,24 +39,12 @@ jobs:
           paths:
             - bin
             - profiles
-      - save_cache:
-          key: v3-pkg-cache
-          paths:
-            - /go/pkg
-      - save_cache:
-          key: v3-tree-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_SHA1 }}
-          paths:
-            - /go/src/github.com/tendermint/tendermint
 
   build_slate:
     <<: *defaults
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-pkg-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-tree-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_SHA1 }}
       - run:
           name: slate docs
           command: |
@@ -72,10 +57,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-pkg-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-tree-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_SHA1 }}
       - run:
           name: metalinter
           command: |
@@ -88,10 +69,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-pkg-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-tree-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_SHA1 }}
       - run:
           name: Run abci apps tests
           command: |
@@ -105,10 +82,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-pkg-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-tree-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_SHA1 }}
       - run:
           name: Run abci-cli tests
           command: |
@@ -120,10 +93,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-pkg-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-tree-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_SHA1 }}
       - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends bsdmainutils
       - run:
           name: Run tests
@@ -135,10 +104,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-pkg-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-tree-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_SHA1 }}
       - run: mkdir -p /tmp/logs
       - run:
           name: Run tests
@@ -160,10 +125,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-pkg-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-tree-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_SHA1 }}
       - run:
           name: Run tests
           command: bash test/persist/test_failure_indices.sh
@@ -207,10 +168,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-pkg-cache
-      - restore_cache:
-          key: v3-tree-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_SHA1 }}
       - run:
           name: gather
           command: |
@@ -278,9 +235,6 @@ jobs:
     parallelism: 4
     steps:
       - checkout
-      - restore_cache:
-          keys:
-            - v1-release-deps-{{ .Branch }}-{{ .Revision }}
       - attach_workspace:
           at: /tmp/workspace
       - run: